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FINAL PAPER: MY IDEAL BOARD OF ADVISORS
MGT 415 Section A
Miami University
December 13, 2011
Outline of Final Paper
I.
II.
III.
Introduction
A. Reasons as to why the Advisory Board is needed in this company and in
general
B. General overview of how divers

Nonrational Models:
o focuses on the attempt to explain how decision are made.
o -they are based on the assumption that decision making is
uncertain, that decision makers do not possess complete
information, and that it is difficult for managers to make

Outcomes Associated with Organizational Culture:
% organizational culture :
can be a driver of employee attitudes and organizational effectiveness and
performance.
research suggests that employees seem to prefer organizations that
encourage people to inte

Perceptual Errors
Halo a rater forms and overall impression about an object and then uses
that impression to bias rating about the object
Leniency a personal characteristic that leads an individual to
consistently evaluate other people or objects in an e

Confidence/Self-
Ones belief (confidence) in being able to successfully execute a specific
Efficacy
context
Hope
One who sets goals, figures out how to achieve them (identify pathways)
motivated to accomplish them, that is, willpower and way power
Optimis

Practical Application of Socialization Research:
o managers should avoid a haphazard
o
sink or swim approach to organizational socialization because
formalized orientations are more effective.
o managers play a key role during the encounter phase
o need

Research and Managerial Implications
4 important managerial implications
o best leaders are not just transformational, they are both
transformational and transactional
o transformational leadership not only affects individual-level outcomes
like job satis

Shared Leadership
Definition: simultaneous, ongoing, mutual influence process in which people
share responsibility for leading
Based on the idea that people need to share information and collaborate to
get things done at work
Most likely needed when peopl

MGT 415 2/26/12 Vision Statements A good example of a vision statement would be "There will be a personal computer on every desk running Microsoft software." (Microsoft). After looking around for a good vision statement online, I realized that I came acro

MGT 415 In my opinion, I believe that the best quote that defines leadership out of the ones given is the one by Admiral Arleigh A. Burke that says "Leadership is understanding people and involving them to help you do a job. That takes all of the good cha

MGT 415
October 13, 2011
Part 1
1. Immelt made me feel more at ease after explaining the five main things that his company looks for in a potential
employee: ability to learn, determination, teamwork, passion, and attitude. These are all non-quantitative

"When all think alike, then no one is thinking."
Walter Lippman
Introduction
Throughout the fall semester of my senior year at Miami University I have
continuously been encouraged to think outside of the regular parameters of a typical
education frame of

"While strategy and tactics change all the time, the fundamentals of leadership do not.
Leadership is a matter of how to be, not how to do." (Leader-to-Leader Institute, 2004, p. 25).
MGT415: LEADERSHIP & LEARNING
Dr. David Cowan 3067 FSB 529-3689 Office

PART 1
Medina: structure and employment of attention
Without attention, a leader cannot lead. The first
step that must be taken to gain attention is there must be an emotional catch; leaders have to draw their
audience in to be effective. One must also es

Leader-to-leader Institute: beyond doing & knowing to being There are three
components to being a leader and can be summer up in in three simple words: be, know,
and do. Leaders are people who are honest, competent, forward-looking, and inspiring.
Interpe

Tory Burch
There are no rules about
what you can and cant do
anymore. Its about
Background
http:/video.forbes.com/fvn/forbeswoman/tory-burchfoundation
Tory Burch was born in Valley Forge, PA and attended
school at the University of Pennsylvania
Moved to N

MGT 415 1/29/12 Case Analysis #1 This first case analysis is about Michael Eisner who was the CEO of Disney. They start the Case off with Eisner's past which, until the last few years with Disney, were pretty impressive. Eisner worked in many jobs that le

Situational Theories
Definition: propose that leader styles should match the situation at hand
As situations change, different styles become appropriate
Fielders Contingency Model
Based on two interrelated factors:
o The degree to which the situation give